Sporting City Commission

Commissioned by Leanne Buchan / on 2nd Oct 2014

The challenge:

Leeds has long been heralded as a sporting city, with a stronghold of supporters come rain or shine. What we are less known for however is those small community sports clubs that brave the elements every weekend without fail. We know that local clubs are already active hovering just below the radar, but how many local teams do we have in the city? Do they know about each other? Can we connect them and build a local sports community to feed the big hitting clubs in Leeds?

We want to not only map the local clubs but grow the data sets we have about them. We are looking for an easy and accessible tool that will allow local clubs to sign up with the location details and enter match statistics for every game so we build a picture of not only where there are sports clubs in Leeds, but where we might be able help and support existing activities.

The budget:

As with all themed commission the budget is up to £2,000 +VAT and will be paid in full at the point if selection.

What do you need to be able to demonstrate and deliver?

• Creativity, imagination, flair, fun and playfulness

• Technical knowledge and know-how with some understand of how the response can either use or capture Open Data on this theme

• Evidence of research and testing with the target audience

• A working prototype of your idea at the end of the R&D period

The timescale:

The commission will last for two months by the end of which there should e a live prototype of your project idea.

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